Biography
There are several bands with this name:
1) The Stimulators was a punk rock band formed in the 70s in New York City featuring Cro-Mags co-founder Harley Flanagan.
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2) The Stimulators from Germany are former Ike Turner sideman Peter Schneider on lead guitar, German ska pioneer Oliver Stephan on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, ace bassist Uli Lehmann, master drummer Oscar Pöhnl, Cuban-trained percussionist Hans Mühlegg and kamikaze trumpeter Florian Sagner, often aided and abetted by Brazilian sax and flute magician Marcio Tubino.
Since their inception in 1998, they have been wowing audiences all over Europe with their infectious mix of Caribbean and African styles grafted onto a solid Jazz and Blues-based foundation.
The Stimulators have received rave reviews not only from the major dailies, but also from magazines such as Rolling Stone and Playboy.
Their fame has even spread to Manhattan, from where they were engaged to support James Brown on a number of dates on two recent European tours.
“Flying Down to Rio”, a mini DVD released earlier this year, shows the band on stage during these appearances. But the Stimulators are not only an unusually exciting live act.
Their first four albums have garnered praise not only for the fine songwriting featured next to the Stimulators’ idiosyncratic versions of other people’s (usually rather arcane) material, but also for their fine production values, which have led to the inclusion of individual Stimulators tracks on compilations offered by various high-end audio equipment manufacturers.
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